News Briefs for 07.10.20
Beyond the Carolinas
News from across the globe for 07.10.20.
COVID-19 Redraws the 2020 LGBTQ Travel Roadmap
CMI Survey Shows Current Trends
Friends of Dorothy feel her pain, and they’re aware the prospect of summer travel requires a new type of yellow brick road — one that will take them over the rainbow and back, free to venture out into the world without putting their lives, or anyone else’s, at risk.
Drag Queens, Evil Queens and Cockfighting, Oh My!
Tell Trinity
A readers asks: “I’m a drag queen who competes in pageants and shows. But the other performers are not very nice to me. Am I doing something wrong?”
Drag queens go live (from home)
As COVID-19 Closes Bars and Nightclubs, Drag is Finding a New Online Resilience
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” says drag queen Delighted Tobehere. Like many of us, she is waiting to see how the drag world continues to adapt to the challenges the community is facing with the coronavirus and shelter-in-place orders closing bars and nightclubs around the country.
In Memoriam
LGBTQ People We Have Lost to COVID-19
As coronavirus cases continue to rise throughout the United States, the death toll increases, and we grapple with the full impact the disease will have on our communities.
When The Vampire Doesn’t Bite Hard Enough
A reader asks: “My partner of four years who claimed to be gay left me a month ago to marry a woman. I kind of got over him, because he was such a user. But I miss him. Help!”
Motor City Getaway
Queer Travelogue: Bring Your Passport — We Are Going to the D
Grab your passport. Your Detroit weekend getaway includes a trip to Windsor, Ontario (Canada) — just two miles away via bridge or tunnel.
From Bayard Rustin to Blossom C. Brown
15 Black LGBTQ Activists and Advocates
In honor of both King and Rustin’s legacies, qnotes is highlighting the contributions of 15 black LGBTQ leaders who have made, or are still making, an indelible mark on our history.
Thor: Dragnarok
An Interview with Thorgy Thor
Season eight contestant Thorgy Thor (aka Shane Galligan) is a classically-trained musician — a violinist and violist who also taught themselves to play cello.
So Your Husband Wants To Do Drag
Tell Trinity
A reader asks: “Suddenly, out of nowhere, my husband wants to do drag. Is there anything I can say to change his mind?”
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